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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 09:54 PM
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Would you tell a Democratic "exit poller" who you voted for?
Edited on Sat Feb-07-04 09:55 PM by SoCalDem
All it would take is a couple of people(one a notary)(or someone with a video camera) at a table, just outside the perimeter in EVERY polling station.. As democrats leave, they could sign their names and attest to the fact that they voted for "xxxxxx"..

If that precinct has 2000 people registered, and 1000 showed up to vote that day, it would be easy to verify the vote count.. If the "table people" had 800 dems who swore that they voted dem and the total says something else.. It's time to call the media..

I know we value the secret ballot, but for this election at least, accuracy is more important than secrecy...and anyway..why would a dem even think of voting for "Duncy the Clown"?
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mot78 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 09:55 PM
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1. No
Don't want to give the media whores their $
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 09:56 PM
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2. Not a MEDIA exit poller... ONE of US
:)
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 10:05 PM
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3. Yes I would tell
and I'd tell someone doing an exit poll for the media as well. Exit polls may be our only way of knowing if something has been done to the actual votes.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-07-04 10:07 PM
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4. The "shield of anonymity" helps them..not us
If there are verifiable voters who are willing to go on the record , it's a lot harder to say "oops a whole bunch a people musta goofed...our guy wins"..
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